Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Eviction – Writ of Restitution
In these consolidated matters, Carson D. Combs, pro se, appeals an order granting summary judgment in favor of his landlord, Lincoln Manor, in a civil lawsuit that Combs filed.
Sanctions – Summary Reversal of Appeal
Karin Nielsen appeals from an order of the circuit court in favor of Steggeman Investments, LLC, in this eviction action that Steggeman commenced against Nielsen on November 26, 2019.
Termination of Parental Rights
T.E.-P. appeals the order of the circuit court terminating her parental rights to her daughter, A.G. T.E.-P. contends that the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion at the dispositional hearing when it found that it was in A.G.’s best interests to terminate T.E.-P.’s parental rights.
Abuse of Discretion – Plain Error
Alexis Reyes appeals a judgment convicting him, after a jury trial, of one count of attempted first-degree intentional homicide as an act of domestic abuse and one count of first-degree reckless injury by use of a dangerous weapon.
Democrat Lasry puts $1.5 million into US Senate bid
U.S. Senate candidate Alex Lasry, a Democrat on leave from his job as an executive with the Milwaukee Bucks, reported Monday that he had put in another $1.5 million of his own money into the crowded primary race.
New group aims to help Afghan refugees in Wisconsin city
A growing new group is working to get approval to resettle several Afghan refugee families in Eau Claire.
Wisconsin Supreme Court keeps ballot boxes in place for now
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday allowed absentee ballot boxes to remain in place for the Feb. 15 statewide spring primary election for local offices, but said it will decide later about their legality going forward.
Order Correcting Opinion
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that corrections were made to page twentynine in the above-captioned opinion which was released on November 9, 2021.
Statutory Interpretation – Limitation Act
Donald Sarter drowned after the vessel Monark #2 capsized in Lake Superior.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Steven Tyrone Bratchett appeals his judgment of conviction for burglary, armed robbery, and attempted third-degree sexual assault, with various penalty enhancers and as a party to a crime.
Prisoner – 8th Amendment Violation
William Dean developed kidney cancer while incarcerated at Taylorville Correctional Center in central Illinois.
Issue of Material Fact – Child Trespasser Exception
Khiley Johnson appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of Marshfield Clinic Health System, Inc. (Marshfield Clinic) and its insurer, Proassurance Casualty Company.
Legal News
- UW-Milwaukee chancellor to step down next year amid handling of Pro-Hamas protesters
- Wisconsin Republicans are improperly blocking conservation work, court says
- Man hurt when home in rural Wisconsin explodes has died, authorities say
- Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall
- Gov. Evers appoints Travis Maze as Jefferson County Sheriff
- Democrat Dora Drake wins open seat in Wisconsin state Senate
- Wisconsin joins coalition urging Supreme Court to uphold federal ghost gun regulations
- GM will pay $146 million in penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide
- NFL is liable for $4,707,259,944.64 in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case
- Milwaukee Police investigating fatal downtown crash
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies